August 15th, 2017

Somewhere in Nicaragua

“If only….. “ was the saying for today.

If only we had that same energy in the water today as we had yesterday. Man today would have been 100% epic. The conditions were as clean as they get here at this spot. Kevin here taking advantage and squeezing every last title bit out of the swell that is ridable at the reef this morning.

There was still some mini-bombs coming through. But this place actually is a little more dangerous the smaller it gets since it’s breaks right over the reef, instead of out past beyond it. Either way, timing your drop and pulling in here is an art all in itself.

This is a declining swell at the reef. Still picture perfect, regardless.

This (if you look close enough) is actually a young lady. Can you say charging, despite what we’d call small(er) than ideal for here.

See them boils… ya, you know exactly what that means.

We waited for a while to see if maybe it would pick up a little (hopeful thinking I guess on our part, I guess). But still wasn’t a bad morning at all to get out there and go see some beautiful country side and incredible morning light and a few of our friends getting some nice clean 6 foot waves before the swell backs down again this week.

So we packed it up and headed back to our neck of the woods.

I waited for the early afternoon session and found it to be pretty drained out by then, but there were still some people out ripping it up.

This swell literally was a one and done swell (one day and done). Surfline actually called it this time and predicted some shadowing of the Galapagos Islands, to which was a pretty good call on their part; but we all still wish the swell had lasted a little longer than just a day.

So, even though we’re back to normal human size ridable waves, the people out there were still a having a bast!

If this were a regular Southern CA day, or even an average Florida day, this would be considered pretty epic!

Steffi rips in any kinds of waves, but today she settled for these trestle like conditions surfing the lefts.

While her amiga was ripping and shredding on the rights.

See, this dad’s got the right idea here. Start em young; and what a prefect day for doing so.

Jackson is the stealthiest surfer I know. Sometimes I don’t even see him enter the water… but once I see him on a wave, I always immediately know who it is.

This is one of the exact reasons why.

The water clarity today was pretty incredible as well. Just a good day to be down at the beach surfing and enjoying some fun in the sun.

Even our little reef up the way was quite a bit smaller, but still had some fun empty ones rolling through.

Carlitos de Colorados decompressing from yesterdays Bigger surf.

Jackson, still a stealthy surfer!

The crowds will start to thin out as we make our way through the end of this month. If you’re thinking about making a trip down, September still has lots of time and potential for much more swell energy out of the South Pacific. To get in touch about booking your stay you can contact us directly atwww.surfnsr.com/pages/contact-nsrand we’ll get you all dialed in for your trip down!

That’s it for my report today. Thanks for always stopping by to check out our reports and especially following what we were anxiously awaiting over this past weekend for what we had as our BIG swell. Yesterdays surf was incredible and hope you enjoyed seeing the surf from our eyes in Nica-Land. I’m hoping we get a few more decent big swells before the season winds down.

Until then, muchas gracias y saludos!